The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Del 2,Bind 5Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... smell of a suffocating kind , and it is of a yel- lowish green color , hence its name from xλwoos , green . 318. It is heavier than common air ; when dry it suffers no change by being subjected to the most intense cold ; but in its ...
... smell of a suffocating kind , and it is of a yel- lowish green color , hence its name from xλwoos , green . 318. It is heavier than common air ; when dry it suffers no change by being subjected to the most intense cold ; but in its ...
Side 392
... smell , it is caustic in its action upon the skin , it ex- tinguishes flame , it is heavier than common air . Its specific gravity is stated by Gay Lussac to be 1-278 ; 100 cubic inches , according to Mr. Brande , weigh 38.8 grains . It ...
... smell , it is caustic in its action upon the skin , it ex- tinguishes flame , it is heavier than common air . Its specific gravity is stated by Gay Lussac to be 1-278 ; 100 cubic inches , according to Mr. Brande , weigh 38.8 grains . It ...
Side 393
... smells like muriatic acid . 375. Nitrous Oxide . - The salt called nitrate of. the metals , without requiring , like the sulphuric , nitric , and other acids , that the metals should first be in the state of oxides . In proof of this ...
... smells like muriatic acid . 375. Nitrous Oxide . - The salt called nitrate of. the metals , without requiring , like the sulphuric , nitric , and other acids , that the metals should first be in the state of oxides . In proof of this ...
Side 394
... smell not disagreeable . It is easily ab- sorbed by water . It supports combustion , and a taper immersed in it burns brilliantly , some- times with a crackling noise . Red - hot charcoal burns in it with brilliancy , and consumes some ...
... smell not disagreeable . It is easily ab- sorbed by water . It supports combustion , and a taper immersed in it burns brilliantly , some- times with a crackling noise . Red - hot charcoal burns in it with brilliancy , and consumes some ...
Side 396
... smell of nitrous acid . If the experiment be repeated with the addition of a few drops of solution of potassa in contact with the gases we shall obtain a combi- nation of nitric acid with that alkali . The pro- portions which Mr ...
... smell of nitrous acid . If the experiment be repeated with the addition of a few drops of solution of potassa in contact with the gases we shall obtain a combi- nation of nitric acid with that alkali . The pro- portions which Mr ...
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Side 646 - Know therefore and Understand, that from the going forth of the commandment, to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks.
Side 646 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Side 547 - For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.
Side 646 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Side 614 - The wild exploits of those romantic knights who sallied forth in quest of adventures, are well known, and have been treated with proper ridicule. The political and permanent effects of the spirit of chivalry have been less observed.
Side 614 - ... points. The admiration of these qualities, together with the high distinctions and prerogatives conferred on knighthood in every part of Europe, inspired persons of noble birth, on some occasions, with a species of military fanaticism, and led them to extravagant enterprises. But they deeply imprinted on their minds the principles of generosity and honour.
Side 547 - ... and It is therefore best that these rules should be observed; as the game...
Side 706 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Side 646 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Side 728 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.